Tako

Long story short, I asked the same question last year and got a photo-essay reply. The hike kicked azz, if you like hiking your sack off for the sheer joy of it. The guy who responded to me never caught any fish, as (I am told) the trail comes in to the EAST side of the lake, and during the summer months the fish are not present in any great numbers in the east end. I was told by the guy who should know that only EARLY EARLY (late May, early June) in the season are the fish present in good numbers in the east end of the lake accessible by trail. I'd say go for it. The hike is something worth doing by itself. I'll do it someday. But I'd be wary if the bridge is out. Early June is probably not the best time to be attempting to ford the river

Attaboy. I just found out my MT tomorrow has been rescheduled for wednesday. Hurrah

How ya'll holdin up? I pounded my GIS midterm this morning. Got lots to worry about in ecological analysis tomorrow.

No. The best fishing is whenever you make it

Same boat. Would love a box of flies, but out of price range big time. Gov't says student loans are supposed to get paid back I was considering donating a box of flies for the auction, but am uncertain at this point if I have time to do it

****** Toolman when is your cutoff for donations?

What can I say. Don't make me choose between my woman and my flyrod!!

Me? Hell we lost our battle with the beetle two years ago.

Moral of the story? Women are a waste of time

30-odd KM is the official distance. But it's essentially backed up to the Whitemud rapids halfway to Vanderhoof, and above the Whitemud it freezes bank to bank every year anyway. So basically it's frozen to Vanderhoof and beyond, with a little baby channel open from my place to the Fraser. But the Fraser is frozen bank to bank just south of town. Right now its stopped flooding, but man alive it could be UGLY come spring. I'm a couple hundred feet over the river, so if it gets to my doorstep the whole town's underwater

Some of us lack the bow river in our back yards. My river is ice jammed for 30-odd kilometres right now. If I couldn't icefish, I'd probably have hung myself long ago Longest stretch I've gone without catching a trout in recent memory is 32 days Thought they were gonna put me away

You need to start icefishing

I haven't caught a trout in 17 days :blink: Help

I disagree with the fishing analogy, but he's got it pretty darn close.

Like I said. You make a tradeoff between money and pleasure

How could you not print that. Priceless.

Sage 376 ZXL gets my vote. You got that kind of money, you buy Sage or Winston. But I'm a Sage guy. For that type of fishing, a 3wt is perfect, and the reason I personally wouldn't go for the Z axis is because it's a nine footer. And a nine foot three weight just seems awkward to me. I like my 7'6" 3wt. I could be tempted by the 8'6" but the nine footer just seems monstrous for a 3wt. Reel? I know less about reels. But I hear and see good things about the Loop Evotecs....or be simple and get the Okuma SLV. I freakin love mine.

Is this the lead-in to the bear defense thread? Pretty obvious that bear didn't have intent though. Tako......scared shatless of cougars

Let's hope this is the last one for a long time

Not an expert, but IMO, they get you down to the bottom of those holes where the big boys live.

Whatcha gotta do is pick one side of the tradeoff between making money, or doing what you love. Me, I fish. I'd rather 'work' (play with fish) and get paid peanuts.

I don't want to write this paper. Thanks for helping me procrastinate, FFC

Basically, once you have a decent handle on differentials, integration is easy. But I failed Calc 1 the first time So don't listen to me. I'll say it again, anyone who likes being in school over work does not like their job

BARB! Cut that off!

Yup. Smoked white is awesome.